To be fair, most conservative males are giant tubs of lard and gas. Michelle Obama's quest to make Americans healthier is in direct contrast to their way of life. In the Real America, the only people that should care if they are skinny are wives since it's their job to make their husbands happy.

Sleeping Monkey: Though unexpectedly, the article doesn't use the word "socialism" once

This is one of those times when he isn't a socialist, he's a dictator. Telling us Real Americans how to act, feel, and live.

Jake Havechek: Then, along comes the First Wookie with C Rats which contain only veg crap!

The "First Wookie?"

But don't you DARE call them racist.

pries

"prys"?

PRYS???

*sigh*

Please stop reposting terrible comments from that site!

The ignorant rantings of closed-minded loudmouths have no place here on Fark!!!

Wow is it 9:00 already? I didn't know it was time for the Two-Minute Hate^TM already.

No clicky for you Breitbart.

/In Republican-land a mere two minutes of apopleptic hate would be a huge improvement.

Yeah, I wonder how many of those people commenting about it in TFA are actually in the military and would be affected by this?

/don't really care.

My money's on Shebama prying whatever she damn well please from subby

I just don't understand conservatives. They really do live in another world where they somehow equate eating garbage to being a proud real American. We really need to go back to the civil war and let the south split off to its own country.

Calm down everybody. I'm sure that if it was Nancy Regan or Barbara Bush or Laura Bush doing this the right-wingers would be just as upset and it would still be torches and pitchforks time.

Outrageous Muff: To be fair, most conservative males are giant tubs of lard and gas.

Fav'd. Keep it up.

sigdiamond2000: God, the comments are a goldmine.

It's partisan hackery, just like Outrageous Muff or seideshwtodd, below.

As a conservative, I want my military in the absolute best shape possible, and ingrained with good habits. In the near term, that means better warriors. In the long term, it means cycling people back into civilian life who can hopefully bring those habits more into the mainstream.

Similarly, it's also why I oppose torture and using the military capriciously. Instilling solid civics and a knowledge of how we should carry ourselves internationally (and sundry other things) have much the same benefits.

I thought about joining the military, but I just don't have the disposition for it. Therefore, since as a civilian I control something without subjecting myself to it, it's my responsibility to make sure it's well treated, well regulated, and definitely not abused.

Might even improve the quality of the food. When I was in the Navy, C rations were a tasty break from the messhall.

sideshwtodd: I just don't understand conservatives. They really do live in another world where they somehow equate eating garbage to being a proud real American. We really need to go back to the civil war and let the south split off to its own country.

They claim to be desirous of a strong military, yet they don't want the service personnel to be physically fit.

Has anyone started to referring to black people as "Obama supporters" yet. That is my personal favorite.

Diogenes: I love how they keep mentioning ribs and fried chicken. Such clever innuendo!

I like the guy who gets straight to the point and talks about the meat that our Kenyan president brings home on the end of a spear.

Nice one subby.
I approve

hailin: You know, that could be fixed really easily by not allowing severely obese people to join the military anyway. 50 pounds overweight sure since it can be lost pretty quick in bootcamp, but anymore then that and they should be sent packing until they weight a reasonable amount.

If we imposed standards like that, then how would we be able to fully man an all-volunteer army to fight a decade long war that we shouldn't have started in the first place?

Carousel Beast: As a conservative, I want my military in the absolute best shape possible, and ingrained with good habits. In the near term, that means better warriors. In the long term, it means cycling people back into civilian life who can hopefully bring those habits more into the mainstream.

Similarly, it's also why I oppose torture and using the military capriciously. Instilling solid civics and a knowledge of how we should carry ourselves internationally (and sundry other things) have much the same benefits.

I thought about joining the military, but I just don't have the disposition for it. Therefore, since as a civilian I control something without subjecting myself to it, it's my responsibility to make sure it's well treated, well regulated, and definitely not abused.

Guess what, you just found out the reason these morons are making a big deal out of Mrs. Obama's health issue. It's not about anything that is ingrained in conservative politics. It's about the raw and utter hatred they have for two uppity democrats telling them they should think about being healthier because they will live longer and better. These people need hate as much as they need breathing.

acefox1: Calm down everybody. I'm sure that if it was Nancy Regan or Barbara Bush or Laura Bush doing this the right-wingers would be just as upset and it would still be torches and pitchforks time.

"You can tell just how much Nancy/Barb/Laura loves our troops. What a patriot!"

Diogenes
"Forty years ago, when Lady Bird Johnson suggested we plant wildfowers to beautify the highways, the reaction was 'Sounds like a neat idea' not 'Don't tell me what I can plant, biatch!'"

- Bill Maher

That's because Lady Bird was such a sweet lady white.

Are they gonna get rid of the bug juice too?

When Laura Bush went on her whole literacy shtick, I don't remember Republicans freaking out about how we were forcing them to learn to read. I really wonder what is different about this first lady than her predecessors?

Outrageous Muff: Carousel Beast: As a conservative, I want my military in the absolute best shape possible, and ingrained with good habits. In the near term, that means better warriors. In the long term, it means cycling people back into civilian life who can hopefully bring those habits more into the mainstream.

Similarly, it's also why I oppose torture and using the military capriciously. Instilling solid civics and a knowledge of how we should carry ourselves internationally (and sundry other things) have much the same benefits.

I thought about joining the military, but I just don't have the disposition for it. Therefore, since as a civilian I control something without subjecting myself to it, it's my responsibility to make sure it's well treated, well regulated, and definitely not abused.

Guess what, you just found out the reason these morons are making a big deal out of Mrs. Obama's health issue. It's not about anything that is ingrained in conservative politics. It's about the raw and utter hatred they have for two uppity democrats telling them they should think about being healthier because they will live longer and better. These people need hate as much as they need breathing.

Look at your own original comment, though. You're no less guilty than the tards railling against this because she's a Democrat. I stopped visiting the Politics tab here because it had become effectively equivalent to the Freepers, just with a Left slant instead of a Right one (politically, I mean).

If you're going to do nothing more than jump immediately into personal attacks on the other side, nothing is ever going to improve. Get out of the echo chamber(s) more and actually try to understand why people who disagree with your view do so. Even when you know people are dead farking wrong (Creationists, for example), you certainly aren't going to get them to stop erring if your whole response is to insult them.

Carousel Beast: Look at your own original comment, though. You're no less guilty than the tards railling against this because she's a Democrat. I stopped visiting the Politics tab here because it had become effectively equivalent to the Freepers, just with a Left slant instead of a Right one (politically, I mean).

Welcome to Fark. People on here make wild comments that aren't true just to gain attention, however we don't mean it. Freepers actually do mean it.

depmode98: I really wonder what is different about this first lady than her predecessors?

Pushups. Pushups with lesbians on talkshows.

Diogenes: "Forty years ago, when Lady Bird Johnson suggested we plant wildfowers to beautify the highways, the reaction was 'Sounds like a neat idea' not 'Don't tell me what I can plant, biatch!'"

- Bill Maher

To be honest, that's not how my grandparents remembered it, in my presence. All the causes she could have taken on, and she took on planting wildflowers... she was snickered at, or had eyerolls in her direction. Maybe my grandparents were in the minority, though.

Anybody else remember what happened with Lady Bird and her wildflowers, public reaction?

/they also couldn't stand Truman's wife's family
//my grandmother *really* hated the Truman daughter's piano recitals being broadcast on the radio

Jake Havechek: To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is it too much to ask for us to just launch her fat ass off to the Moon?

Wat? I mean, whatever you think about her politics or healthy food crusade, Michelle Obama is simply not fat. She's in frighteningly good shape. These people's rage is actually making them hallucinate.

ExperianScaresCthulhu: Diogenes: "Forty years ago, when Lady Bird Johnson suggested we plant wildfowers to beautify the highways, the reaction was 'Sounds like a neat idea' not 'Don't tell me what I can plant, biatch!'"

- Bill Maher

To be honest, that's not how my grandparents remembered it, in my presence. All the causes she could have taken on, and she took on planting wildflowers... she was snickered at, or had eyerolls in her direction. Maybe my grandparents were in the minority, though.

Anybody else remember what happened with Lady Bird and her wildflowers, public reaction?

/they also couldn't stand Truman's wife's family
//my grandmother *really* hated the Truman daughter's piano recitals being broadcast on the radio

I find it hard to imagine that a woman named Lady Bird was not taken seriously.

We get it. She's black.

Renart: Jake Havechek: To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is it too much to ask for us to just launch her fat ass off to the Moon?

Wat? I mean, whatever you think about her politics or healthy food crusade, Michelle Obama is simply not fat. She's in frighteningly good shape. These people's rage is actually making them hallucinate.

Can anyone make a valid argument that she IS NOT the most sexually attractive first lady we've ever had? Could any red blooded male honestly say they'd prefer the withered husk of Barbara Bush?